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Launch / Trace / Navigate

Overview​

Investigating issues is possible using the Tracing and/or Debugging feature provided by the Enactor Tools

What You Will Learn​

  • Tracing - Visually navigates through actions and application processes in real-time

  • Debugging - Allows you to pause the execution at specific breakpoints of the application process, observe the application state, and steps through its execution.

Process Tracing and Debugging​

Create a Process Debug Launch Configuration​

To debug an Application Process, first you will need to create a run Process Debug configuration.

Select menu Run > Debug Configurations...

Select the Process Debug group

Create New Process Debug by seleting the New Launch Configuration icon

Create New Process Debug

Update the Name text box by entering POS Process Debug

From the drop-down of launch select Training POS

Click Apply...button

Click Debug...button

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This type of launch will either launch the application if not already running otherwise attach it self to the running application, providing its already running in debug mode

Process Debug Launch

To validate your application is running with process debug

Select and open the Debug View

Select Debug View

Select an Application Process to trace, Bring up the Resource Library and seach for WaitForSignOn

Select and Open the Application Process

From the Toolbar of the Application Process, Select the trace option

Search Wait For Sign On

Return to the Running Application and sign in.

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You can use the slider next to the trace button to control the speed of the trace

Select Trace Slider

Built In Debug Frame​

When running the POS, you can display an additional window frame that shows the current running process and its call stack. To enable this feature, add the following Program Argument to your POS Launch Configuration

-debug

When launched, the pos will display an additional Window

POS Debug